Legal Opinion
United States v. Orozco
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1998No. 97-8213PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIRCH, Circuit Judge:
This ease presents the issue of whether a district judge has jurisdiction under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 35(b) to grant a motion for reduction of sentence when information provided by a defendant is useful in convicting a coconspirator, but the assistance occurs more than one year after imposition of sentence and the information was known by the defendant prior to sentencing. The district judge determined that he was without jurisdiction to rule on this motion outside the prescribed time period. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In December, 1989, defendant-appellant,…
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